CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Introduction to Visual Storytelling 2023

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We're excited to announce this CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL STORYTELLING 2023

In this workshop we will work to tell stories with images. We will practice visual thinking. We will closely look into the strength of a single image as well as the tedious task of bringing together multiple single images to craft a meaningful visual narrative. We will begin to trust and explore creative processes. This intensive two-week workshop aims to be a learning ground for lens-based practitioners who’re technically sound with digital photography and wish to take a step ahead into visual storytelling. 

DETAILS:
Dates: 22 Sep – 6 OCT 2023
Timing: 10 AM – 3 PM
Language: Nepali
Fee: NRs. 12000 (incl. 13% VAT) 
Mentor: Sagar Chhetri
Guest Mentors: Aayushma Regmi, Chemi Dorje Lama, Kishor Sharma, Shikhar Bhattarai

TOPICS:

Visual Aesthetics 

Reading photography 

Writing for photography 

Introduction to Photo Editing 

Visual storytelling 

Ethics in photography 

Introduction to Studio lights 

Digital workflow and post-production (Bridge, Photoshop, Lightroom)

REQUIREMENTS:

Participants should have a good technical base in photography.
Participants should have their own DSLR cameras/equipment and editing softwares.
Participants should be able to commit to the workshop full time from 22 Sep – 06 October 2023.

This workshop is open to Nepali photographers only.

To apply, please submit this application form

Application Deadline: 14 Sept 2023

About the Mentor:

Sagar Chhetri is a Kathmandu based visual artist and educator. He finds himself between denial and acceptance, between audacity to stop a moment in the pace of time and the curiosity of what lies in it; between the person and the personal; between politics, listening and observing the becoming of an image-maker, a practicing educator and an aspiring performer. He makes photographs to respond to the world around him. In his works he is often thinking about the identity struggles of the people, hopes and dreams of a revolution, fragmentation and skyrocketing prices of land. 

He graduated in the International Photography Program at the Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Bangladesh. He received a scholarship from the Danish Ministry of Education to attend a semester on Photojournalism in the Danish School of Media and Journalism, Denmark. 

In 2019, he received a Visiting Artist Fellowship from the South Asia Institute at Harvard University. In 2016 his work ‘Eclipse’ was recognized in Nepal’s Photojournalism contest. In 2018 he became one of the recipients of the Magnum Foundation Fund. In 2020, he participated in the 26th JoopSwart Masterclass organized by World Press Photo. He is currently affiliated with the Photo.Circle and Photo Kathmandu.

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Please note that participants are advised to be prepared to give their full time commitment to this workshop. Women, queer and non-binary photographers are encouraged to apply.

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For concerns and queries, do not hesitate to reach out via email and phone – lear...@photocircle.com.np | 9808380219